These are the teams i'm thinking of supporting. Haven't made up my mind yet. I'll wait for the first round to finish before I pick one team.A. RomaniaB. WalesC. UkrainaD. Croatia/ChzechE. BelgiumF. Iceland

amz wrote:Ah, football Last game I watched was last WC final and that was only because I was at a wedding and I was bored

fullbackace, you're losing your time with Romania's team, is far from what it used to be.

Similar, think the last game I saw was just checking in and out when Germany were destroying Brazil in the play offs, because I couldn't believe that there were actually points being scored in a game of football!

In each group, I'll be supporting France (because I like their rugby team), Wales (because the people in Northern Wales were just lovely while I was there), Northern Ireland (because no one expected them to qualify), Croatia (because a good friend of mine is Croatian), Italy (because my dad is Italian), and anyone-but-Portugal (because it will piss off some of my co-workers )

Where this sport is these days is a reflection of its corrupt leadership and tolerrance of excesses.

Russian supporters should be expelled from France. They come with all kind of weapons (chains, iron bars etc.) and attacked unarmed English supporters. It's also suspect the liaison between Russian ultras and Magrebian bands from Marseille, something worth to be fully investigated by anti-terrorist structures. Yet, a press full of useful idiots only blame English supporters.

World Cup in 2018 will be such a fiasco, I don't see sane people to travel to see an event marked by corruption, doping, violence, homophobia and racism.

British hooliganism is old news, yes you get the odd flare up but the majority of incidents are drunken yobs, not organised gangs. That went out of fashion in the late 80's early 90's. Some people mature and grow up.

Sables4EVA wrote:British hooliganism is old news, yes you get the odd flare up but the majority of incidents are drunken yobs, not organised gangs. That went out of fashion in the late 80's early 90's. Some people mature and grow up.

I look at modern Europe, and I think that it would be better not to grow never ...